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Old February 9th 07, 04:47 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Roger[_4_]
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On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:41:38 -0500, Margy Natalie
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Jay Honeck wrote:
I see three projectors. Unless they have very special lenses indeed,
I don't see how they can project clear images onto curved screens.



Setting up the over-lap between the screens so that it doesn't look
weird must be a tricky affair, indeed.

(Gears turning...where can I mount a curved screen? Whey can I even
*buy* a curved screen? :-)
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

http://www.e-planetarium.com/

You can run movies in them too.


They are called planetariums:-))
There they build the curved surface and then spraypaint the reflective
surface on it.


Margy

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
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